Creative, The Jim Church Award for Excellence in Underwater Creative Imaging

Rajan at South ButtonUmeed Mistry Bangalore, India

HON: Open windowErnst Seeling Vienna Austria

Video, The Stan Waterman Award for Excellence in Underwater Videography

Attack of the Sea Slugs Robert Williams Newbury Park CA

2nd : It Takes Two Sharon Wada Snohomish WA

Video Snapshot

1st: Bali Squid Walter MartiMission Viejo CA

2nd: Sea Lion Flyby Robert WilliamsNewbury Park CA

The winning images can be seen at www.BeneathTheSea.org/photo_contest_2009.html

The 32nd Annual Beneath The Sea Dive Exposition will take place March 27, 28 and 29, 2009 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, New Jersey – 10 minutes from Manhattan. Further information can be found on Beneath The Sea's internet web site: http://www.BeneathTheSea.org

Yes, congrats to all the winners...although it looks like the BTS winners page has some boo-boos such as wrong image with the right info? Hard to say exactly but I know that the same image of the blennies under the moon couldn't have won two years in a row could it????

I have to say that Rand McMeins' "Free Ride" image may be my favorite photo of the year. I'm glad to see it place so well.

Another one of my favorites is Keri Wilk's "Blenny". He must hypnotize those little guys or something to nail the kind of shots he does!

I'd like to add my congrats to all the winners as well.
I'm humbled to have my photo place but also, happy that so many of my friends were there in Port Hardy where the picture was taken. Alex Mustard, Todd and John made this a special win. I'm glad that I was the only one shooting macro on that dive....lol!

I thought the DEEP results were announced already. Anyway, it really is a spectacular shot and I'll see it in person in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know how it looks. It might even be on the cover of the program. I remember the year the jellyfish won, it was on the cover. If you want, I'll send it to you, unless BTS does that for you. Let me know.

I thought the DEEP results were announced already. Anyway, it really is a spectacular shot and I'll see it in person in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know how it looks. It might even be on the cover of the program. I remember the year the jellyfish won, it was on the cover. If you want, I'll send it to you, unless BTS does that for you. Let me know.

DEEP has not been announced and will be when the show happens usually (same weekend as BTS)

OWU was announced a couple of weeks back (both are with WP and DPG at underwatercompetition.com )

I see. Just the people whose images didn't place were notified. I wish BTS would do that too. That way one would know if the images were received.

I send entries in via mail with confirmation/tracking to BTS, and other competitions, where mail is involved so to know it is postmarked before dealine date and delivered in time. Also usually send a check, so if the check clears you know

I see. Just the people whose images didn't place were notified. I wish BTS would do that too. That way one would know if the images were received.

We're going to try to do that next year now that most of the images are uploaded and the entries are done via the internet. In the past, the problem has been sending a snail mail to each entrant was, quite frankly, an impracticable task.